NEARLY £110,000 of items have been stolen in a spate of burglaries in West End and Windlesham during the past week.

On Thursday, three homes were targeted in Windlesham, with two burglaries taking place in Newark Road and the other at Mill Pond Road.

The Newark Road robberies happened between 7am and 6.30pm when thieves forced their way in via a door and stole £4,000 in cash and jewellery.

The other home was entered in a similar way, with burglars making off with £90,000 of jewellery.The break-in at Mill Pond Road took place between 8.45am and 7pm when thieves attempted to force open doors and windows, gaining entry through a window.

The intruders got away with a digital camera and jewellery valued at £5,000. The misery then extended to the neighbouring village of West End.

On Friday, between 3 and 6.30pm, a home in Fellow Green was targeted when burglars snatched 15 DVDs, a digital camera, a single solitaire diamond engagement ring, a laptop computer and cot bag valued at about £5,500 in total.

The following day, between 2.30 and 10pm in Brentmoor Road, thieves broke in at the back of the house and took a laptop valued at £1,000, a £1,200 flat-screen television and a £500 computer.

Kirstie Prince, of Fellow Green, was one of the victims. She was devastated that her laptop containing hundreds of pictures of her children was taken and is appealing for its return.

Mrs Prince said: “I noticed immediately that the laptop was gone from the front room, along with our digital camera and some DVDs.

“They had also been in the bedrooms and stolen my engagement ring.“It was just the final straw for us. We were only here because we got flooded out in August and many of our belongings were lost.

“Because of that we haven’t been able to return to our home in the High Street.“The fact that it was a computer that had all of our photos on was even more upsetting. Some of them were backed up and others were not.

“My youngest daughter was born at home and we had a lot of pictures of her from that. There wasn’t too much to take from this house because there wasn’t much left from the floods. But what they have taken is of real sentimental value. I would appeal for the return of the laptop.”

Mrs Prince added: “I just don’t want to be here any more. It was uncomfortable before because it is not our house but now I just don’t like it at all. When it has been broken into once, who is to say it won’t be targeted again.”

Beat officer PC Ed Griffiths said: “These were all daytime burglaries while the homes were unoccupied. I would urge people who see anything suspicious to contact the police immediately.

“We are always looking to start up Neighbourhood Watch schemes so anyone interested should contact PC Robin Wood, who is based at Camberley.

“Residents should consider putting extra locks on their back doors for a small outlay you can have more peace of mind.”

PC Griffiths said patrols will be increasing in the villages and urged residents to be extra vigilant.

The police also recommend that residents keep valuable items in a secure place such as a safe or a bank and keep car keys out of sight.

Anyone with information about these crimes should contact Surrey Police on 08451 252 222 or call Crimestoppers anonymously and free of charge on 0800 555 111. If you believe a crime is being committed you should call 999.